Liberals, by and large, support a minimum wage hike. President Obama and Democrats have spent much of the year pushing the proposal amid Republican opposition.

So if the GOP's most recent presidential nominee voices support for the Democratic position, which side do you think will be most enthused?

That is not a trick question.

After Mitt Romney called on his fellow Republicans this morning to back a minimum wage increase, the conservative writer Charles C.W. Cooke rightly identified the remarks as a political victory for Democrats.

Fair or not, someone like Mitt Romney saying that the minimum wage should be raised is a real coup for the Democrats.